5.6% ▼ -13.4%
Lower than 88% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 6.5%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 5.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Quilpie · Council (LGA)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Quilpie
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Just 5.6% of people were born overseas in Quilpie, a figure far below the national average. This makes the area much less diverse than most other parts of the country. Most residents share deep roots in the British Isles and Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian is the most common ancestry at 44.8%, followed by English at 36.8% and Irish at 15.5%. Scottish and German backgrounds also feature, making up 9.5% and 8.6% of the population respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of people born outside Australia is far below the figures for Queensland and the rest of the country, and it has fallen slightly since 2011. Most people here were born in Australia (87.2%), with small numbers from England and New Zealand.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Quilpie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA36150/quilpie/topic/ancestry-heritage